Paris-based Explorations Architecture have sent us these images of a temporary entrance-pavilion they have designed for the Chateau de Versailles in France.
The 350 square metre structure provides crowd regulation, a visitors' centre, security checks and cloakroom.
Building was completed this summer; the pavilion will remain in place until 2011.
Photographs by Michel Denancé.
The following text is from Explorations Architecture
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TEMPORARY ENTRANCE PAVILION TO THE CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES
VERSAILLES, FRANCE
CREDITS
Client
Etablissement public du musée et du domaine national de Versailles with VINCI (sponsor)
Timeframe:
Competition November 2007
Completion July 2008
Expected demolition 2011
Budget and footage
1.8m euros (350m2)
Location
Right in the middle of the Cour d’honneur du Château de Versailles
Functions
Temporary main entrance to the Château
Crowd regulation
Visitor’s information
Safety checks and cloakroom (your toothpaste will be confiscated…)
Capacity
Approx. 15 000 visitors a day (summer season)
Shape
A modern horn of plenty with a big mouth and a small tail
Inspiration
Fushimi inari temples in Japan
Christo’s Central park Gates
Complexity
All glass panes and portal frames are different.
Materials
Concrete slab and footings
Painted Steel portal frames
Laminated clear glass for facades and roof
Douglas timber brise soleil
Rubber flooring
Fluorescent lighting
Architects
Explorations architecture (Benoît le Thierry d’Ennequin+ Yves Pagès)
Engineers
Terrell
Main contractors
CBC service+ Eiffel + Satob + France Lanord et Bichaton + SDEL
This is so beautiful
i just needed to say WOW
See http://www.archiweb.cz/buildings.php?type=9&action=show&id=200&lang=en
Same simple “style” – brno, faculty of arts – library
not bad.They know what they do
is this really temporary?
better leave it there … it’s very nice
What a pity!
It’s not permanent.Maybe we can’t see it several month later.
Looks nice, but how do you clean the glass on the roof underneath all those wood slats?
Beautiful, i would like to be inside in a sunny day like in this images
Very Nice, they should keep it!
Simple & superb! Excellent Work!!
Wow this pavillon is definetly a stunner!
gorgeous.
can you say david adjaye?
very beautiful!
the only thing is that we can hardly see in any image the exact place where pavilion connects to the building. i suppose that might be the weakest point of this design.
good work nevertheless!
its clasical for many architect.
very nice simple idea but i really hate those huge white columns/beams visible inside.
thers so much wood on the outside… why not use it structural?? hmmm
really simple & lovely, & i have a feeling – for me anyway, that i might get a similar feeling of walking through an avenue of trees (just in a small way) on a sunny day,
it looks nice in photos but in reality its a hot little claustrophobic tunnel in june when packed with tourists and security equipment
الأفكار الجديده دائما قابله للنقد اتمنى لكم التوفيق
Arhitectura buna
went to paris last month…visited every site there is to see but the Versailles palace! n i regret it so much! especially after visiting this page.
they really do know what their doing. the architecture is splended and most effectively looked after. Vie la France!
this is not green design !
I have to say, I rather like like it. But then on the other hand they said that the Eiffel Tower would be temporary and its still there to this day, in the sense that this structure looks pretty sturdy. It might end up being another Louvre Pyramid, only far more controversial.
like the contrast to versaille, the lightness against opulence
Looks great but what was the concept behind it so that we could view it and percieve it from the designer’s point of view.
very nice they should keep it.